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More than half of New Hampshire’s housing stock was built before lead was banned from use in residential buildings, according to figures from the U.S. Census.

And according to Elliott Berry, an attorney who works on housing issues with New Hampshire Legal Assistance, that puts lots of people at risk — especially young kids in low-income neighborhoods, where a lot of that housing is concentrated.

“With a housing stock as old as ours, especially so much of it that is wood structures that are commonly painted, there’s still just a huge inventory of homes that are potentially dangerous to children,” Berry says.